http://judaism.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Judaism GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-09-01T07:48:14Z Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/09/03/new-hope-for-israel-pluralistic-jewish-education.htm Scanning over the 40+ years of my life, I feel proud of some of the deeds I have done. One such deed was helping to start a new kind of... http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/09/03/new-hope-for-israel-pluralistic-jewish-education.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:46:15 +0000 2008-09-03T17:46:15Z http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/09/01/what-are-the-jewish-high-holidays.htm September 1 is a happy day in Israel. After a long, hot summer, which hosts the troublesome combo of vacationing children and working parents, kids go back to school. As... http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/09/01/what-are-the-jewish-high-holidays.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:48:14 +0000 2008-09-01T07:48:14Z http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/27/how-to-observe-elul.htm If one has prepared physically for a race, the race experience is more likely to be positive. And if one has prepared spiritually for the Jewish Days of Judgment and... http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/27/how-to-observe-elul.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:41 +0000 2008-08-27T00:00:41Z http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/26/elul-the-month-for-repentance.htm Summer is ending, school is starting, and the holidays are just around the corner. The Hebrew month of Elul - a time to get spiritually prepared for the Jewish New... http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/26/elul-the-month-for-repentance.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:40 +0000 2008-08-26T00:00:40Z http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/22/is-inhospitality-a-sin-in-judaism.htm Last night, after giving an amazing "welcome to the neighborhood" party for her friend, my sister invited 18 kids from the neighborhood to sleep over. If hospitality is a mitzvah,... http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/22/is-inhospitality-a-sin-in-judaism.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:18 +0000 2008-08-22T00:00:18Z http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/20/reconciling-modernity-and-tradition.htm As I walked around Disney World with my family this week, I was amazed at the number of Modern Orthodox Jews I saw mingling with Disney characters from Mickey Mouse... http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/20/reconciling-modernity-and-tradition.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:08 +0000 2008-08-20T00:00:08Z http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/19/why-be-jewish-2.htm While visiting my sister in Atlanta, I read through Atlanta's local Jewish newspaper. About 70,000 out of Atlanta's 125,000 Jews are unaffiliated according to the newspaper. This made me wonder,... http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/19/why-be-jewish-2.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:40 +0000 2008-08-19T00:00:40Z http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/17/about-the-kaddish-prayer.htm The Mourner's Kaddish, one of a few types of Kaddish prayers, expresses the mourner's love of God and acceptance of God's will, even while the mourner is feeling great loss... http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/17/about-the-kaddish-prayer.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:09 +0000 2008-08-17T00:00:09Z http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/16/afterlife-in-judaism.htm After death, there is only a spiritual (not a physical) world, according to Judaism. Our bodies turn to dust, but our soul (neshama in Hebrew) is eternal. If we lived... http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/16/afterlife-in-judaism.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:23:02 +0000 2008-08-16T03:23:02Z http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/11/does-judaism-have-a-prayer-that-requests-success-in-sports.htm Dear Rabbi,I am becoming more religious and turing pro as an athlete. Does Judaism have a prayer that requests success in sports?Thanks, David... http://judaism.about.com/b/2008/08/11/does-judaism-have-a-prayer-that-requests-success-in-sports.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:59 +0000 2008-08-11T00:00:59Z